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Jack perse @jackperse.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

oh someone finally made a game to hurt me (game designer and ex-chef) in particular (positive)

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Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Anyway, videogames is one word lol

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Ian @brocktoon.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Something about being the England manager sucks you into the gravity of tough innit football where no matter how technically gifted the team is you're just like hoof it and pray

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Jack perse @jackperse.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Setting aside their world-class defense and all timer goal, Cabo Verde's ability to calmly play out of the press is astounding

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Agasgani @agasgani.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Some of you are still posting about politics and I need you to understand that Bluesky is now a Cabo Verde stan platform thank you for your attention

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His Excellency, the Duke of Fall @timhodgson.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

i've seen enough. put every country in the world cup. all of them. make this shit last 3+ months

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Jack perse @jackperse.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

and it feels bad to watch because no one is watching sports for the objective rulings. we watch it to feel things! which is why i'm crying at like 10pm two nights ago when Iran gets their goal taken away. it /feels/ unfair, it goes against the spirit of the game.

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Jack perse @jackperse.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

AS I WAS SAYING EARLIER THIS WEEK

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Jack perse @jackperse.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

(what i'm about to say is nothing particularly new but...) when nba players started getting covid it became blindingly obvious that major sport leagues are just microcosms for hegemonic culture. (thread?)

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Jack perse @jackperse.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

if only we could find the guys who've been approving massive budgets on a boom-or-bust model alongside massive consolidation

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Jack perse @jackperse.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

telling my grandchildren this is what the great narratology vs ludology debate was

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Jack perse @jackperse.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Many people are saying!!!! (bonus: another slide from pigcon)

A screenshot of a slide. The top bullet is circled and reads "Free yourself of the game ever being good, successful, important, popular, or proftiable"

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Jack perse @jackperse.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

been thinking a lot about my talk at PIGCON last weekend, which was (not so) subtly begging people to make weirder games *the first point is not well written i'm sorry i made this slide like half an hour before my presentation

A basic white slide with black text. The title reads "Jack's Three Truths About the World". Three bullet points after that...
- Not everyone who makes games can make money
- Putting art in the world is valuable
- Making games that distort/stretch/bend/break the medium is necessary for a vibrant art field

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Jack perse @jackperse.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

My article on grief, Spiritfarer, and losing my cat in 2020 is now available to read in the Well Played Journal! playstorypress.org/well-played-...

playstorypress.org

Spiritfarer, Grievability, and Dealing with Death – Play Story Press

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Jack perse @jackperse.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Thanks to everyone who came to my talk and said nice things! pigcon was rad. reminded me the need and hunger for local events like these.

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Jack perse @jackperse.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Movies are good. Ending that live rent free in my head.

The ending scene of Midnight Cowboy, featuring Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight

A still from the end of Tár. A wide shot of a symphony playing music.

A still from the end of the film Another Round. Mads Mikkelsen smiles with his eyes closed while dancing on the coast.

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Jack perse @jackperse.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Brown some minced/diced onions and garlic, throw in a buncha frozen peas, cover until peas are hot. Put a big spoonful of calabrian chili oil in there. A great cheap tasty veggie for lunches for the week.

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Jack perse @jackperse.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

hey! I'll be doing a talk here! it'll be about making autobiographical games and i'm psyched to get back to doing design/dev talks! Also if mutuals will be in Portland that weekend and want to hang please reach out!

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Jack perse @jackperse.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

my good advice has become a sort of mantra for me: find the gear, move with pleasure.

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Portland Indie Game Squad @pigsquad.com · 05/04/2026

Heya, Will here! Been hearing "oh submissions close next week????" lately and I think I needed to work harder on spreading the word about due date. We're gonna extend submissions through April 13th! Stoked to see yours, and excited by the massive response we have so far 🤩 pigcon.pigsquad.com

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Andrew | BUY INDIEPOCALYPSE ➡️ BostonFIG @pizzapranks.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

It's the final day of PAX East and the Indiepocalypse booth (24098, just look around, you'll find it) is approaching the 'what you see is what I've got' state. Hurry down and pick up some unique indie games before they're gone!

Shot of physical copies of indiepocalypse showing gaps of sold out issues

Close up of latest indiepocalypse release and zine

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Jack perse @jackperse.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

One of my favorite moments teaching this term was chatting with students about social media and not a single one of them knew what bsky is and so I had to sheepishly explain it to them

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Jack perse @jackperse.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

@jerf.xyz if no one has said it yet, you're experiencing "spaghetti meat" which when cooked has a texture that can feel gummy or almost uncooked www.delish.com/food/a705416...

delish.com

‘Spaghetti Meat’ Affects Up To One Third Of Chicken Breasts Sold In The U.S.—Here's Why

If your raw chicken has ever looked stringy, there’s an upsetting reason why.

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Jack perse @jackperse.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

one of the best chefs I worked for would regularly use her $300 knife to open up cardboard boxes. another swore by only using kiwi knives at home

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michael lutz @ztul.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

the crowd is chanting "machine zone, machine zone, machine zone". there's a biplane flying overhead trailing a banner that says READ NATASHA DOW-SCHULL'S 'ADDICTION BY DESIGN'

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Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/his @bowmanspartan.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Just gonna say it: the naked over-reliance on AI to "polish up" human communication has made me so incredibly skeptical of human communication as of late. I'm so tired of "smoothed out" emails, papers, abstracts, and notes. =/

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Jack perse @jackperse.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

getting ugly zotero back would fix me

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Jack perse @jackperse.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

one day i'll have the mental fortitude to play a Pathologic game for more than 20 minutes

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Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

research / brainstorming / thinking is also maybe the most enjoyable part of a creative project to me? kinda sad to beg AI to take it from you

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Sam Barlow 🔥 @mrsambarlow.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Again, to every videogame writer who wrote funny emails to read in an immersive sim/etc. where I rolled my eyes and said out loud, "lol like anyone would ever email something this on the nose", again, sorry, I was wrong, life sucks, you nailed it

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Heather Flowers (500FF DEMO OUT NOW) @hthrflwrs.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

New article in The Verge about the Unfair Flips speedrunning community!! www.theverge.com/games/814111...

theverge.com

The hottest trend in speedrunning is flipping a coin

Unfair Flips isn’t fair, but it is fun.

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Jack perse @jackperse.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

The War of Desire and Technology at the Close of the Mechanical Age is peak 90's cyber covers and an all time mouthful book title.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 01/10/2025

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io · 23/09/2025

HEY have you been working on something interesting this year? Submissions to the Experimental Games Showcase at GDC are now OPEN through October 24, 2025! Send us your weird games! More about the session and where to submit is on our new website: www.experimentalgamesshowcase.com

experimentalgamesshowcase.com

Experimental Games Showcase

SUBMIT YOUR GAME TO THE

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Jack perse @jackperse.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

friction in videogames is almost always good and you can't convince me otherwise

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Jack perse @jackperse.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Skeet a PERFECT Album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana

Album cover for Rainer Maria's Look Now Look Again from 1999.

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izzy kestrel @iznaut.com · 13/08/2025

hi hello my husband recently accepted a job in Victoria, BC so we are hoping to immigrate to Canada before the year is over soooo i will be leaving my in-office IT job and be out of work again. shares and job leads welcome!

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merritt @merrittk.com · 09/05/2025

this is maybe trite at this point but it is in your interest to find ways to create things. basically everyone wants you to be consuming nonstop. making stuff, from cooking to photography or whatever, can help you feel more in control. doesn’t even have to be something you share with other people

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The QGCon Collective @qgcon.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Today is the first day of our week long #fundraiser and the matching donors' pledge has increased! Please help us reach our goal by sharing this post! . #boardgames #videogames #lgbtq #gaymer #gamestudies #mutualaid #queerstudies #genderstudies #gaming #indiedev #montreal #gamingcon #ttrpg

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Jack perse @jackperse.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

yall is not formal enough for a '

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lincoln carpenter @lincolnhello.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

the games press social media experience is like you sometimes step into a building and you can hear the dull, distant thumps of people having a knife fight somewhere in a floor above you. you're not sure if this is a new knife fight or an old one. you were outside

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